Re: Programatic way to recursively chmod a directory

[Jagat Singh <ja...@gmail.com>]

I did not try this.

What is the error or return code when you use FileUtil
https://hadoop.apache.org/docs/stable/api/org/apache/hadoop/fs/FileUtil.html#chmod(java.lang.String,
java.lang.String, boolean)

chmod

public static int *chmod*
<https://hadoop.apache.org/docs/stable/api/src-html/org/apache/hadoop/fs/FileUtil.html#line.865>(String
<http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/String.html?is-external=true>
filename,
                        String
<http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/String.html?is-external=true>
perm,
                        boolean recursive)
                 throws IOException
<http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/io/IOException.html?is-external=true>

Change the permissions on a file / directory, recursively, if needed.

*Parameters:*filename - name of the file whose permissions are to changeperm -
permission stringrecursive - true, if permissions should be changed
recursively*Returns:*the exit code from the command.*Throws:*IOException
<http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/io/IOException.html?is-external=true>

On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 8:22 AM, Mohammad Islam <mi...@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> Is there a *programatic* solution to do it recursively?
> I'm using Hadoop 2.3.0.
>
> I tried the followings:
>
> 1. I tried FileSystem.mkdirs( path, permission), it created the directory
> but the permission is not set correctly.
>
> 2. I tried FileSystem.setPermisison(path, permission), it changes only the
> current directory not recursively.
>
> 3. I tried to use FileUtil.chmod() with no luck,
>
> 4. new FsShell(conf).run(new String[]{"-chmod" , "-R", "777",
> "/tmp/mislam"}); it worked but looks like it is not a good solution to
> execute a shell.
>
>
> Questions :
> 1. Is there a solution for this?
> 2. If not, is there any JIRA for this? I didn't find one.
> 3. What next?
>
> Regards,
> Mohammad
>